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Soulico

Soulico formed as a DJ collective in Tel Aviv in the year 2000. They established a unique style mixing traditional Israeli music and folk songs with hip hop beats, reggae and other modern styles. Once they began throwing parties, they quickly rose to the top of Tel Aviv’s DJ scene. A series of mixtapes followed, one of which landed in the hands of Jdub records, a non profit in NYC who signed the group and put them in the studio with an array of international MCs and vocalists including Ghostface Killah (Wu Tang), Del the Funkee Homosapien, MIA protege Rye Rye, Pigeon John, MC Zulu, Ceci Bastida and Middle Eastern MCs Tomer Yosef (of Balkan Beat Box) amongst others. The results of these sessions make up their proper album debut “Exotic on the Speaker” which includes this week’s free song “Put Em Up” featuring the vocals of Axum and Lyrics Born.